Dr Piero GENOVESI

Chair IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

Piero Genovesi, PhD, Head of wildlife service with the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Chair of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group and member of the Steering Committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, collaborates with many international organizations, including the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the European Commission. International Science Advisor for the Center for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Author of books and scientific articles published in the most prestigious journals in the world, in 2018, 2019 and 2020 included in Highly Cited Researchers list by Web of Science.